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Hello Zeds, Now that I have test ovals (within an oval) of the small radius track, here is a brief observation: Appearance is clean and general performance is...
GP60's did show up in the Red Warbob=nnet scheme, but I'm not sure anything earliery than that did. The Red/silver scheme was only for passenger trains until...
Hi All Just a note to inform you that I created a new page on my website. Z Scale #3 deals with buildings with character or a story to tell. Some you might...
...you can't back peddle now -- that's the "politics". Standard disclaimer won't cover it as it is the thought that counts. Tinker lost all her long fur...
Pretty much most all of the cars available from all listed manufacturers will look OK with the GP's. They have been on the railroads from the mid 60's to...
I still see Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific, Great Northern woodchip cars here in Seattle ... not behind GP-35s ... but my point is anything is possible in...
I pretty much concur with Robert on this. Though I would use GP35s to pull modern-day well cars and rolling stock, I think running things up to about 1985...
Lionel, Your web site is great and your artwork and Z items are fantastic ! Thanks for sharing your handiwork with us. Cordially, Mister Dave "G ~ B & CC R.R."...
Zgang: If a company, as Reynard Wellman (tongue in cheek) suggests, decides to paint their cars various nice colors, I say, "GRAB EM". I sure would. In 1957...
I for one am very happy that the first release of the MTL GP-35 was in Pennsy colours, two of them are now in my possession in Australia and I have been...
Hello Bob, Yea, I'm having fun with all the stripping and painting activity since the release of the black-green-olive-Brunswick GP35s. But hold on, soon Santa...
In a message dated 10/1/2005 6:39:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, tfisher10@... writes: Forgetting about road names and coloring schemes, what cars would be...
As far as cabooses go, on north eastern roads, anyway, for the 60's, 70's and early 80's yes. After that, they are very rare. Dan S. In a message dated...
The best part about Lionel's work, is that I have one of those structures you see on the web site. The pharmacy is mine, and it is a fantastic piece of work....
Groupers, We now have a manufacturer who is striving to fill a big void in Z. Namely Z buildings and cars. They have put forth a big effort and the least the Z...
... It's not just a matter of the cost of the royalty payment alone, of course. It's also the administrative costs that must be covered in maintaining the...
For what it's worth I've created a short video of my GP-35 and a short consist trundling around my old Marklin American circuit. It's pretty boring, a static...
... Indeed you are correct Sir. Goes to show you I don't know my FM from AM in the PM. Criticism makes me a better modeler. thanks for the compliments. Lionel ...
... Thank you for the compliment Sir. I wasn't even aware there was such a thing as a Master Builder award from the NMRA, I assume one has to enter quite a few...
Below is a link to the Master Model Railroader Achievement Program on the NMRA's web site (www.nmra.org). You only need to join as an Associate Member of the...
Anyone have any ideas or speculation as to why there are 4 small ball bearings contacting the rails under the new MTL track? There are also holes in the...
Robert, They may be attached to the rail somehow or part of it initially and they keep the rail from sliding either direction. I am thinking that if your are ...
... Thank you for all the info Adam, I do believe I'll look into it and I appreciate your faith in my modeling. Although I am not new to either Z scale or...
[After all the talk of paint colors on locomotives, here's a change of theme.] The new Cascade Z Modelers' Logo Patch is now available to one and all. To see...
Fred, I DID get a "Design Your Own" station. They are extremely precise,,no flash cleaning required. I'm very pleased with it. A very good value for $. I...
Back to the turnouts topic, Joe is there any minimal chance they will implement any power routing feature as well as Kato UNITrack does? Is it at least under...
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